Post by Martin on Jun 17, 2010 18:49:47 GMT -5
Ok this is pehaps one of my favorate stories i have come up with, this was recently completed it took me a while to complete because i kept loosing my muse, such an elusive lady. what inspired me for this character is my favourate tv show Xena warrior princess so you will see some simularities between one of the character & Cassandra, but that is only becaus I loved that character tons and wanted to base cass on her. I also did renact one of my fav scenes below from xena so forgive me for that. Last thing i need to mention before you read is Cassandra has had 3 names and let me explain the names to you.
Aura is her birth name
Eve is her slave name
Cassandra is her amazon name
Also this is just a spoiler I do plan to write out Cassandra's story in full with great details. Normally spoilers are meant to be short x.x, but i figured when your in a grove you grove
With that said and done enjoy the story of Cassandra the amazon
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Cassandra's Life story
Aura was born and raised in a small surrounding an oasis she lived there until the age of four when her mother & father were slaughtered by slave traders. Aura was taken by the slave traders and bought by a warlord. The warlord who purchased Aura renamed her Eve. Eve was raised to think of men as gods whom she had to do worship and respect above all else. At the age of eight Eve witnessed her master's transaction of a new slave an amazon queen by the name of Cyane. Eve's master kept Cyane in a cage to show his how much of a man he was to have an amazon queen locked in a cage. Eve was ordered to keep away from the Amazon Cyane and at first she complied with her master's wishes, but Eve saw something of Cyane she saw in herself loneliness. Eve started out small smile she would smile when giving Cyane her small rations of food. After a few weeks, she would sneak into the room by herself and share her food rations with Cyane. Eve developed a friendship with Cyane and kept the friendship a secret. Cyane secretly helped Eve develop her speaking skills teaching her to talk. At the age of twelve Eve & Cyane were very close sharing a bond compared to a mother & daughter relationship. Eve could see Cyane's spirit weakening and for the first time in her life Eve did something brave. Eve snuck into her master's room and stole the key to Cyane's cage. Eve snuck out of her masters room with the key and went to the cage where she let a surprised Cyane out of her cage. Eve helped Cyane escape, during the escape one of the guards sounded the alarm. Eve saved Cyane at the cost of her own freedom closing the door once Cyane left and locking the door she blocked the exit and bought Cyane enough time to escape.
After buying Cyane the time she needed to escape, the guards knocked Eve out and when she awakened she was locked in Cyane's cage for the rest of the night. In the morning Eve was dragged out to the center of her master's army and thrown at his feet along with a strange woman she never saw before. Eve was to be executed to show the rest of the slaves and any who would dare betray him what would happen. Just as she was about to be executed an arrow flew out from nowhere and wounded her master & a bunch of masked women came out to fight the solders, The strange woman who stood beside her master rushed to Eve and carried her out of harm's way. One of the masked women called for retreat & came to Eve carried her out of the way and all the way into the deepest part of the forest. Eve then watched as the masked woman showed herself to be Cyane & the strange women with her master was Cyane's Sister amazon Lydia. Cyane adopted Eve & threw away Eve's slave name and renamed her Cassandra believing Eve to be a true amazon warrior when she sacrificed her own freedom to free another. Cassandra Now an amazon Princess was taught by Cyane how to be one. She first learned to read & write, she then learned how to appreciate the arts & philosophy, once Cassandra was armed with wisdom, Cassandra was then taught how to heal, so if she ever needed to she could treat her fellow sisters, she was then taught how to fight Unarmed in combat, once she learned to fight with her hands, she learned to move with nature, and hide amongst it if needed. Cassandra moved on to learn how to fight with weapons some of which include staff, sai's, bows and arrows & Swords. Cassandra lived with the amazons until she was eighteen Cassandra decided that it was time for her, to begin her own life she asked Cyane for her blessing to which she refused to give Cassandra permission, not until she proved she could protect herself. Cassandra went through an amazon challenged fighting her fellow sisters in terms of intelligence, stealth, strength & will. Cassandra took part in the test and passed gaining Cyane's permission. Cassandra traveled the lands learning about from a new perspective, she had known the life of a slave & the life of an amazon, but never that of an adventurer. Cassandra helped many people and while traveling developed her own Phyilsophy in life. To fight without killing. Occasionally on her travels Cassandra would come across her fellow sister Sara the two would travel together for a while and Cassandra would tell her sister of all the people she has met & helped and all the adventures she has been on.
One such encounter with her sister Sara led Cassandra to return home for an emergency. Cassandra returned with her sister to discover her entire tribe at war with each other. Cassandra learned that her adoptive mother was ill & the tribe were arguing who should be queen while Cyane recovered. Half the tribe wanted Lydia Cyane's sister to take control, while the other half wanted Varia to take control. Varia was a blood thirsty amazon who wanted to take over lands to extend the land of the amazons. Cassandra knew Varia would lead the tribe to doom used her right as the amazon to take charge and lead the tribe. Varia objected and challenged Cassandra to the death for the crown. Cassandra had no choice to accept the challenge and fought her sister amazon Varia, Cassandra fought put up a non lethal fight and many times tried to stop Varia through non lethal moves, but in the heat of the moment was forced to kill Varia in order to defend her own life when Varia aimed a death blow. Cassandra was horrified when she realized that she lost her blood innocence and killed a sister amazon. Cassandra led her tribe as queen until Cyane recovered. Once Cyane recovered Cassandra left her tribe to continue her travels without her weapons. Cassandra formed a new philosophy embracing pacifism Cassandra swore to spread a message of peace that blood does not need to be spilled in order to have happiness. She continued continued to spread this message for two years, until she found herself walking into a war between a greedy King & a resistance group resisting the dictatorship of their king. Cassandra returned to the path of being a warrior to save a girl from being slaughtered by the king's solders. She fought and found her destiny protecting these people. Four years into the war Cassandra managed to score several victories against the king before being defeated. Cassandra planned on entering the king's castle by hiding in haystacks on carts to be used to feed the horses inside the castle when they all made it in a child from the resistance joined by sneaking under the carage that brought them in. Cassandra kept the child close to her as they precede with the plan to steal the weapons from the armoury with her men.
The child unintentionally made one of the shields on the wall hit the ground and alerted the guards. Cassandra fought with the men and ordered the men to escape with the weapons. The child backed into the corner & was too afraid to move. Cassandra picked up the child and began to run towards the draw bridge fighting and defeating those who blocked her way killing when necessary. As the draw bridge began to close Cassandra told the child to run and threw her to the other side just as the bridge closed resulting in Cassandra's capture. Cassandra was beaten badly by the king himself for all of the trouble Cassandra caused him, her weapons were taken from her, her haircut, the king mocking should she act and fight like a man she should have the haircut of a man. Cassandra's clothing & armour removed. She was thrown into a small cage in the throne room and stuck there. Cassandra could not escape from her capture, she was held there for weeks left in a small cage and only left out under heavy guard. One evening an idea came to Cassandra she seduced her guard and once he opened the cage she slammed his head into the cage and locked him in taking his sword in the process. Cassandra retrieved her weapons and clothing and broke out of the castle returning to the resistance fighters. Cassandra never let her hair grow back. To her it was a symbol to show that once she was captured, but never again. Cassandra fought many more battles against the evil king. She continued the fight for four more years until she was lured out to protect the innocent villagers from the solders slaughter. She fought them all and slaughtered many of the solders alone, Cassandra surrendered when she saw the king holding a blade to a child's throat. After eight years of war Cassandra was finally defeated, she was disarmed and dragged away, she was locked in the dungeon and beaten badly by the guards.
To save face the king held a trial for Cassandra. Her capture spread throughout the land, that Cassandra the warrior goddess was finally captured. She ended up being convicted a war criminal and was sentenced to death by crucifixion. Cassandra was dragged out for her public execution for everyone to see. She was given the options of last words before being nailed to the cross "PEACE IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR!" Cassandra was nailed and hung up on the cross for everyone to see her suffer in agony. The king overly cautious this time ordered for the guard to Break Cassandra's legs with a sledge hammer while she was on the cross. Cassandra screams were heard throughout the crowd and as she hung nailed to the cross she saw Cyane & Sara had arrived to witness the crucifixion and could do nothing to save her. Cassandra was dragged to the mountains and left to die while the guards watched her die a long and painful death. When nightfall came Cassandra watched as a figure in a blood red cloak came and slaughtered all the guards as if she wasn't even trying. The figure in the cloak climbed the cross and took Cassandra down and carried her to a warm and safe place. Cassandra learned that the cloaked figure was actually a woman. The women explained that she saved Cassandra, because she was the reason her great great granddaughter was alive, that because she sacrificed herself for her kin she would save her. Cassandra was confused because the woman was too young to be a great great grandmother. The woman insisted on giving Cassandra a gift, she gave Cassandra a tattoo of a dragon explaining to Cassandra that Dragons were perceived as powerful, protective, and fearsome, and they were valued for their warlike qualities. They were often protectors of a treasure, and from this they can be symbolic of a most valiant defender. Cassandra found the tattoo to be extremely painful especially once it was finished. She suffered in blistering agony burning alive for three days and when she awoke she was different. Cassandra's skin was pale, her eye's blood red and her legs healed. She was stronger a thousand fold than any strength she had in her human life, She learned from the woman that she was a vampire turned by her savior to live a long and immortal life.
Cassandra remained distracted in the first few hours of Immortality, every little thing distracted her. With the help of her sire, Cassandra regained herself and in a fit of rage she attacked the corrupt kingdom in the dead of night. She made her way to the throne room and Killed the king in cold blood by slitting his throat. What Cassandra was not prepared for was the blood lust, the sight & scent of blood was overwhelming for Cassandra she fed off the blood of the evil king and when she was finished she killed all who resided in the palace, all the guards and all the servants everyone. Cassandra's sire found Cassandra and took her away deep into the forest away from the humans in hopes to keep her there during the newborn years. Cassandra was contained for five years in the confides of the forest her sire would return daily with animals to feed from, one day she did not return Cassandra eventually broke free from her confides and traveled the forest she found her way to a village smelling the scent of the human Cassandra slaughtered an entire village leaving no man, woman or child alive. She fed like a wild animal biting off chunks of flesh unwittingly covering her tracks in the process. Cassandra continued to slaughter anyone that crossed her path feeding off them and drinking their blood for the next twenty-three years. Cassandra eventually regained her humanity. Cassandra remembered everything she did in her newborn years & the years of blood-lust unable to cope with the guilt of what she had done Cassandra traveled into the deepest of the Marshlands and lay on a boulder. The laid still for a very long time, Cassandra was eventually found by humans men, each man would come and kiss Cassandra trying to wake her up. Cassandra of course did not care and remained still, one day Cassandra was kissed by a warlord who wished to claim her, the warlord's scent was appealing Cassandra came to her senses and bit into the man's flesh. Cassandra regained enough control to stop feeding from the warlord she left the area and the warlord behind not wanting to kill again. Cassandra left the area for ten years, after ten years she returned and discovered the man she bitten was now a vampire and was turning murderer's, bandit's and assassins into vampires for one big army. Cassandra knew this was her mess that she had to take out the army on her own, Cassandra worked hard and used arrows of fire to set the castle on fire, she stormed the castle and fought the army many escaped, but most perished she fought the human she turned and defeated him after he swore revenge he escaped. Cassandra fled from the burning castle and continued her journey one by one she looked for the men her new enemy turned and destroyed them eventually destroying the army the warlord created. Cassandra continue's her travels now till this day searching for the warlord to fix her mistake once and for all.
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The story - The failed mission
Cassandra laid on the bed waiting quietly, she looked at all the fabric around the bed and rolled her eyes up her infiltration into the kingdom was a success she looked down at the two piece she was wearing, she was dressed as a belly dancer with cloth covering her nose to the front of her neck she hated the way she was dressed, but it was necessary. Cassandra had to be chosen by the general to be his concubine for the night, so she could get in close get the key to the armoury. The doors opened and Cassandra arched up on the bed as the general stepped in "Don't be afraid my child my desire is pleasure, not pain." The man walked to the bed and walked past the fabric over the bed, he climbed on the bed behind Cassandra who was still sitting up she felt the general touch her back, his touch has hard "My pleasure is yours my lord I only wish to take your responsibilities away from you" The general leaned close to Cassandra and gently began to kiss her neck "at least for one evening" her voice was soft and alluring.
The general grunted a little as he continued to kiss her neck a little sloppy now "I am surprise you have time to take from your work or the king is, he working tonight?" she asked softly the general pulled back and continued to rub her back he leaned into the back of Cassandra's head "he is in his chamber" and sniffed her blond hair he let out a moan of pleasure "oh you smell so good." Cassandra rolled her eyes up again and was thankful the general was behind her so he could not see her reaction.Cassandra smiled a little "you mean I'm actually near the royal chamber" she asked adding in excitement in the tone of her voice. The general moved in close and licked her neck "Just down the hallway, but enough of him you spoke of pleasure" he moved his hands from Cassandra's shoulders and onto her breast and leaned in close. Cassandra knew she was not going to get anymore information from the general she moved her head and headbutted the general using the back of her head knocking him out. She climbed off the bed and looked at the general "and you spoke of pain" she sneered with hate. Cassandra Snatched the key from around the general's neck and ran to the window she opened it and looked down to see one of her men waiting as planned.
Cassandra dropped the key down to the man as he threw staff up and the rope. Cassandra grinned as she watched her solder run off towards the armory now to take the king out of commission. walking out of the general room with her staff and rope she closed the door behind her and tied the rope to the metallic door handle and walked down the hall to the King's chamber. Cassandra tied the other end to the rope to the chamber door and smiled if either the general or the king tried to open the door both of them would find it impossible. Picking up her staff Cassandra ran down the hallway carefully she had the patrolling guards to take out now. Cassandra ran quietly she stopped and peeked out of the doorway and saw two guards speaking to each other they started to move again and Cassandra leaned back.
She waited quietly and eventually the two guards reached her. She used her staff Cassandra smacked the first one across the face with it knocking the guard to the wall and moved to the second one as he pulled out his sword. Cassandra kicked the sword out of the guard's hand as her foot connected to the handle. She moved in close and used her staff to whack the guard in the gut and across the face. The second guard fell unconscious with the first. Cassandra bent down to pick up the sword "IT'S THE AMAZON SHE'S HERE GET HER" she heard the muffled voice coming from the general's room in the distance. Cassandra's Eyes widen she ran towards the closest window holding the staff & sword she looked out and saw a haystack tied up hill opposite of the window Cassandra could see the rope clearly. She looked ahead to see the guards "here goes nothing." She threw the sword like a javelin to the rope and as the three guards ran towards the amazon princess.
She used her staff to keep all three of them at bay, the three tried to push the stuff back and for a moment Cassandra lost her footing. Cassandra let go of the staff and jumped up flipping over the guards she landed behind the guards and grabbed part of her staff and pulled it towards her. As she pulled her staff back the staff collided into the gut of the three guards and knocked them down. Cassandra heard a loud crash and ran towards the window she looked down to see the hey carriage crashed under the window the sword cut the rope and allowed the carriage full of hay to roll down hill and under the window...perfect she thought to herself. The guards slowly started to get up "thanks for the good time" she joked as she dived out of the window head first. Cassandra fell towards the ground and landed in the hay carriage rolling out of the carriage she got up and looked back up at the window as the men watched in awe. Cassandra grinned "Latter" she spoke and ran off towards the armoury.
Cassandra made it towards the armoury and was shocked to see her men fighting the solders "this is impossible they shouldn't be here this fast" she spoke to herself as she ran to the solders Cassandra used her staff and whacked one of the solders fighting her men from behind "What happened" She asked as she moved to fight one of the approaching solders "a child snuck with us, she dropped a shield that solders heard." he informed her "All right grab the weapons and retreat" She ordered. The men began to run out of the armoury Cassandra noticed the child wasn't anywhere in sight she ran inside to see the child huddled into the corner Cassandra smiled "it's Ok child I will get you back to you're family come on." She bent down and let the child climb onto her back. The child was shivering in fear and held on to Cassandra around her neck she ran out of the armoury room and saw the men starting to surround her Cassandra bent down to pick up a sword with one hand and held her staff with the other she looked at the solders "I promise I am getting you back to your family" she spoke to the girl.
Cassandra saw the men trying to close in "Hold on tight" She spoke the child tighten her grip "Raise the drawbridge" one of the guards ordered. Cassandra yelled as she ran towards the guards she jumped up high and landed on the shoulders of the guard she immediately jumped from the shoulders and landed near the draw bridge she got down "run" she told the child. The girl nodded and ran over the bridge and jumped as it closed. Cassandra looked at the guards she was cornered by them, with the draw bridge raised there was no way to escape. She continued to hold the weapons tight in her hand one of the solders approached her and she threw the sword directly into the solder's chest killing him. She held her staff with two hands and looked at them all "Kill her" one of the solders yelled again. Cassandra rotated her staff and got ready If I die here....I am taking as many of them with me she thought to herself. The general suddenly arrived "Take her down, but leave her alive." The troops moved in to Cassandra and she ran towards them yelling a battle cry of courage.
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Pink text is cassandra
Red is the general
Green is allied solder
Orange enermy solder
Italics is thoughts
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Aura is her birth name
Eve is her slave name
Cassandra is her amazon name
Also this is just a spoiler I do plan to write out Cassandra's story in full with great details. Normally spoilers are meant to be short x.x, but i figured when your in a grove you grove
With that said and done enjoy the story of Cassandra the amazon
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Cassandra's Life story
Aura was born and raised in a small surrounding an oasis she lived there until the age of four when her mother & father were slaughtered by slave traders. Aura was taken by the slave traders and bought by a warlord. The warlord who purchased Aura renamed her Eve. Eve was raised to think of men as gods whom she had to do worship and respect above all else. At the age of eight Eve witnessed her master's transaction of a new slave an amazon queen by the name of Cyane. Eve's master kept Cyane in a cage to show his how much of a man he was to have an amazon queen locked in a cage. Eve was ordered to keep away from the Amazon Cyane and at first she complied with her master's wishes, but Eve saw something of Cyane she saw in herself loneliness. Eve started out small smile she would smile when giving Cyane her small rations of food. After a few weeks, she would sneak into the room by herself and share her food rations with Cyane. Eve developed a friendship with Cyane and kept the friendship a secret. Cyane secretly helped Eve develop her speaking skills teaching her to talk. At the age of twelve Eve & Cyane were very close sharing a bond compared to a mother & daughter relationship. Eve could see Cyane's spirit weakening and for the first time in her life Eve did something brave. Eve snuck into her master's room and stole the key to Cyane's cage. Eve snuck out of her masters room with the key and went to the cage where she let a surprised Cyane out of her cage. Eve helped Cyane escape, during the escape one of the guards sounded the alarm. Eve saved Cyane at the cost of her own freedom closing the door once Cyane left and locking the door she blocked the exit and bought Cyane enough time to escape.
After buying Cyane the time she needed to escape, the guards knocked Eve out and when she awakened she was locked in Cyane's cage for the rest of the night. In the morning Eve was dragged out to the center of her master's army and thrown at his feet along with a strange woman she never saw before. Eve was to be executed to show the rest of the slaves and any who would dare betray him what would happen. Just as she was about to be executed an arrow flew out from nowhere and wounded her master & a bunch of masked women came out to fight the solders, The strange woman who stood beside her master rushed to Eve and carried her out of harm's way. One of the masked women called for retreat & came to Eve carried her out of the way and all the way into the deepest part of the forest. Eve then watched as the masked woman showed herself to be Cyane & the strange women with her master was Cyane's Sister amazon Lydia. Cyane adopted Eve & threw away Eve's slave name and renamed her Cassandra believing Eve to be a true amazon warrior when she sacrificed her own freedom to free another. Cassandra Now an amazon Princess was taught by Cyane how to be one. She first learned to read & write, she then learned how to appreciate the arts & philosophy, once Cassandra was armed with wisdom, Cassandra was then taught how to heal, so if she ever needed to she could treat her fellow sisters, she was then taught how to fight Unarmed in combat, once she learned to fight with her hands, she learned to move with nature, and hide amongst it if needed. Cassandra moved on to learn how to fight with weapons some of which include staff, sai's, bows and arrows & Swords. Cassandra lived with the amazons until she was eighteen Cassandra decided that it was time for her, to begin her own life she asked Cyane for her blessing to which she refused to give Cassandra permission, not until she proved she could protect herself. Cassandra went through an amazon challenged fighting her fellow sisters in terms of intelligence, stealth, strength & will. Cassandra took part in the test and passed gaining Cyane's permission. Cassandra traveled the lands learning about from a new perspective, she had known the life of a slave & the life of an amazon, but never that of an adventurer. Cassandra helped many people and while traveling developed her own Phyilsophy in life. To fight without killing. Occasionally on her travels Cassandra would come across her fellow sister Sara the two would travel together for a while and Cassandra would tell her sister of all the people she has met & helped and all the adventures she has been on.
One such encounter with her sister Sara led Cassandra to return home for an emergency. Cassandra returned with her sister to discover her entire tribe at war with each other. Cassandra learned that her adoptive mother was ill & the tribe were arguing who should be queen while Cyane recovered. Half the tribe wanted Lydia Cyane's sister to take control, while the other half wanted Varia to take control. Varia was a blood thirsty amazon who wanted to take over lands to extend the land of the amazons. Cassandra knew Varia would lead the tribe to doom used her right as the amazon to take charge and lead the tribe. Varia objected and challenged Cassandra to the death for the crown. Cassandra had no choice to accept the challenge and fought her sister amazon Varia, Cassandra fought put up a non lethal fight and many times tried to stop Varia through non lethal moves, but in the heat of the moment was forced to kill Varia in order to defend her own life when Varia aimed a death blow. Cassandra was horrified when she realized that she lost her blood innocence and killed a sister amazon. Cassandra led her tribe as queen until Cyane recovered. Once Cyane recovered Cassandra left her tribe to continue her travels without her weapons. Cassandra formed a new philosophy embracing pacifism Cassandra swore to spread a message of peace that blood does not need to be spilled in order to have happiness. She continued continued to spread this message for two years, until she found herself walking into a war between a greedy King & a resistance group resisting the dictatorship of their king. Cassandra returned to the path of being a warrior to save a girl from being slaughtered by the king's solders. She fought and found her destiny protecting these people. Four years into the war Cassandra managed to score several victories against the king before being defeated. Cassandra planned on entering the king's castle by hiding in haystacks on carts to be used to feed the horses inside the castle when they all made it in a child from the resistance joined by sneaking under the carage that brought them in. Cassandra kept the child close to her as they precede with the plan to steal the weapons from the armoury with her men.
The child unintentionally made one of the shields on the wall hit the ground and alerted the guards. Cassandra fought with the men and ordered the men to escape with the weapons. The child backed into the corner & was too afraid to move. Cassandra picked up the child and began to run towards the draw bridge fighting and defeating those who blocked her way killing when necessary. As the draw bridge began to close Cassandra told the child to run and threw her to the other side just as the bridge closed resulting in Cassandra's capture. Cassandra was beaten badly by the king himself for all of the trouble Cassandra caused him, her weapons were taken from her, her haircut, the king mocking should she act and fight like a man she should have the haircut of a man. Cassandra's clothing & armour removed. She was thrown into a small cage in the throne room and stuck there. Cassandra could not escape from her capture, she was held there for weeks left in a small cage and only left out under heavy guard. One evening an idea came to Cassandra she seduced her guard and once he opened the cage she slammed his head into the cage and locked him in taking his sword in the process. Cassandra retrieved her weapons and clothing and broke out of the castle returning to the resistance fighters. Cassandra never let her hair grow back. To her it was a symbol to show that once she was captured, but never again. Cassandra fought many more battles against the evil king. She continued the fight for four more years until she was lured out to protect the innocent villagers from the solders slaughter. She fought them all and slaughtered many of the solders alone, Cassandra surrendered when she saw the king holding a blade to a child's throat. After eight years of war Cassandra was finally defeated, she was disarmed and dragged away, she was locked in the dungeon and beaten badly by the guards.
To save face the king held a trial for Cassandra. Her capture spread throughout the land, that Cassandra the warrior goddess was finally captured. She ended up being convicted a war criminal and was sentenced to death by crucifixion. Cassandra was dragged out for her public execution for everyone to see. She was given the options of last words before being nailed to the cross "PEACE IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR!" Cassandra was nailed and hung up on the cross for everyone to see her suffer in agony. The king overly cautious this time ordered for the guard to Break Cassandra's legs with a sledge hammer while she was on the cross. Cassandra screams were heard throughout the crowd and as she hung nailed to the cross she saw Cyane & Sara had arrived to witness the crucifixion and could do nothing to save her. Cassandra was dragged to the mountains and left to die while the guards watched her die a long and painful death. When nightfall came Cassandra watched as a figure in a blood red cloak came and slaughtered all the guards as if she wasn't even trying. The figure in the cloak climbed the cross and took Cassandra down and carried her to a warm and safe place. Cassandra learned that the cloaked figure was actually a woman. The women explained that she saved Cassandra, because she was the reason her great great granddaughter was alive, that because she sacrificed herself for her kin she would save her. Cassandra was confused because the woman was too young to be a great great grandmother. The woman insisted on giving Cassandra a gift, she gave Cassandra a tattoo of a dragon explaining to Cassandra that Dragons were perceived as powerful, protective, and fearsome, and they were valued for their warlike qualities. They were often protectors of a treasure, and from this they can be symbolic of a most valiant defender. Cassandra found the tattoo to be extremely painful especially once it was finished. She suffered in blistering agony burning alive for three days and when she awoke she was different. Cassandra's skin was pale, her eye's blood red and her legs healed. She was stronger a thousand fold than any strength she had in her human life, She learned from the woman that she was a vampire turned by her savior to live a long and immortal life.
Cassandra remained distracted in the first few hours of Immortality, every little thing distracted her. With the help of her sire, Cassandra regained herself and in a fit of rage she attacked the corrupt kingdom in the dead of night. She made her way to the throne room and Killed the king in cold blood by slitting his throat. What Cassandra was not prepared for was the blood lust, the sight & scent of blood was overwhelming for Cassandra she fed off the blood of the evil king and when she was finished she killed all who resided in the palace, all the guards and all the servants everyone. Cassandra's sire found Cassandra and took her away deep into the forest away from the humans in hopes to keep her there during the newborn years. Cassandra was contained for five years in the confides of the forest her sire would return daily with animals to feed from, one day she did not return Cassandra eventually broke free from her confides and traveled the forest she found her way to a village smelling the scent of the human Cassandra slaughtered an entire village leaving no man, woman or child alive. She fed like a wild animal biting off chunks of flesh unwittingly covering her tracks in the process. Cassandra continued to slaughter anyone that crossed her path feeding off them and drinking their blood for the next twenty-three years. Cassandra eventually regained her humanity. Cassandra remembered everything she did in her newborn years & the years of blood-lust unable to cope with the guilt of what she had done Cassandra traveled into the deepest of the Marshlands and lay on a boulder. The laid still for a very long time, Cassandra was eventually found by humans men, each man would come and kiss Cassandra trying to wake her up. Cassandra of course did not care and remained still, one day Cassandra was kissed by a warlord who wished to claim her, the warlord's scent was appealing Cassandra came to her senses and bit into the man's flesh. Cassandra regained enough control to stop feeding from the warlord she left the area and the warlord behind not wanting to kill again. Cassandra left the area for ten years, after ten years she returned and discovered the man she bitten was now a vampire and was turning murderer's, bandit's and assassins into vampires for one big army. Cassandra knew this was her mess that she had to take out the army on her own, Cassandra worked hard and used arrows of fire to set the castle on fire, she stormed the castle and fought the army many escaped, but most perished she fought the human she turned and defeated him after he swore revenge he escaped. Cassandra fled from the burning castle and continued her journey one by one she looked for the men her new enemy turned and destroyed them eventually destroying the army the warlord created. Cassandra continue's her travels now till this day searching for the warlord to fix her mistake once and for all.
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The story - The failed mission
Cassandra laid on the bed waiting quietly, she looked at all the fabric around the bed and rolled her eyes up her infiltration into the kingdom was a success she looked down at the two piece she was wearing, she was dressed as a belly dancer with cloth covering her nose to the front of her neck she hated the way she was dressed, but it was necessary. Cassandra had to be chosen by the general to be his concubine for the night, so she could get in close get the key to the armoury. The doors opened and Cassandra arched up on the bed as the general stepped in "Don't be afraid my child my desire is pleasure, not pain." The man walked to the bed and walked past the fabric over the bed, he climbed on the bed behind Cassandra who was still sitting up she felt the general touch her back, his touch has hard "My pleasure is yours my lord I only wish to take your responsibilities away from you" The general leaned close to Cassandra and gently began to kiss her neck "at least for one evening" her voice was soft and alluring.
The general grunted a little as he continued to kiss her neck a little sloppy now "I am surprise you have time to take from your work or the king is, he working tonight?" she asked softly the general pulled back and continued to rub her back he leaned into the back of Cassandra's head "he is in his chamber" and sniffed her blond hair he let out a moan of pleasure "oh you smell so good." Cassandra rolled her eyes up again and was thankful the general was behind her so he could not see her reaction.Cassandra smiled a little "you mean I'm actually near the royal chamber" she asked adding in excitement in the tone of her voice. The general moved in close and licked her neck "Just down the hallway, but enough of him you spoke of pleasure" he moved his hands from Cassandra's shoulders and onto her breast and leaned in close. Cassandra knew she was not going to get anymore information from the general she moved her head and headbutted the general using the back of her head knocking him out. She climbed off the bed and looked at the general "and you spoke of pain" she sneered with hate. Cassandra Snatched the key from around the general's neck and ran to the window she opened it and looked down to see one of her men waiting as planned.
Cassandra dropped the key down to the man as he threw staff up and the rope. Cassandra grinned as she watched her solder run off towards the armory now to take the king out of commission. walking out of the general room with her staff and rope she closed the door behind her and tied the rope to the metallic door handle and walked down the hall to the King's chamber. Cassandra tied the other end to the rope to the chamber door and smiled if either the general or the king tried to open the door both of them would find it impossible. Picking up her staff Cassandra ran down the hallway carefully she had the patrolling guards to take out now. Cassandra ran quietly she stopped and peeked out of the doorway and saw two guards speaking to each other they started to move again and Cassandra leaned back.
She waited quietly and eventually the two guards reached her. She used her staff Cassandra smacked the first one across the face with it knocking the guard to the wall and moved to the second one as he pulled out his sword. Cassandra kicked the sword out of the guard's hand as her foot connected to the handle. She moved in close and used her staff to whack the guard in the gut and across the face. The second guard fell unconscious with the first. Cassandra bent down to pick up the sword "IT'S THE AMAZON SHE'S HERE GET HER" she heard the muffled voice coming from the general's room in the distance. Cassandra's Eyes widen she ran towards the closest window holding the staff & sword she looked out and saw a haystack tied up hill opposite of the window Cassandra could see the rope clearly. She looked ahead to see the guards "here goes nothing." She threw the sword like a javelin to the rope and as the three guards ran towards the amazon princess.
She used her staff to keep all three of them at bay, the three tried to push the stuff back and for a moment Cassandra lost her footing. Cassandra let go of the staff and jumped up flipping over the guards she landed behind the guards and grabbed part of her staff and pulled it towards her. As she pulled her staff back the staff collided into the gut of the three guards and knocked them down. Cassandra heard a loud crash and ran towards the window she looked down to see the hey carriage crashed under the window the sword cut the rope and allowed the carriage full of hay to roll down hill and under the window...perfect she thought to herself. The guards slowly started to get up "thanks for the good time" she joked as she dived out of the window head first. Cassandra fell towards the ground and landed in the hay carriage rolling out of the carriage she got up and looked back up at the window as the men watched in awe. Cassandra grinned "Latter" she spoke and ran off towards the armoury.
Cassandra made it towards the armoury and was shocked to see her men fighting the solders "this is impossible they shouldn't be here this fast" she spoke to herself as she ran to the solders Cassandra used her staff and whacked one of the solders fighting her men from behind "What happened" She asked as she moved to fight one of the approaching solders "a child snuck with us, she dropped a shield that solders heard." he informed her "All right grab the weapons and retreat" She ordered. The men began to run out of the armoury Cassandra noticed the child wasn't anywhere in sight she ran inside to see the child huddled into the corner Cassandra smiled "it's Ok child I will get you back to you're family come on." She bent down and let the child climb onto her back. The child was shivering in fear and held on to Cassandra around her neck she ran out of the armoury room and saw the men starting to surround her Cassandra bent down to pick up a sword with one hand and held her staff with the other she looked at the solders "I promise I am getting you back to your family" she spoke to the girl.
Cassandra saw the men trying to close in "Hold on tight" She spoke the child tighten her grip "Raise the drawbridge" one of the guards ordered. Cassandra yelled as she ran towards the guards she jumped up high and landed on the shoulders of the guard she immediately jumped from the shoulders and landed near the draw bridge she got down "run" she told the child. The girl nodded and ran over the bridge and jumped as it closed. Cassandra looked at the guards she was cornered by them, with the draw bridge raised there was no way to escape. She continued to hold the weapons tight in her hand one of the solders approached her and she threw the sword directly into the solder's chest killing him. She held her staff with two hands and looked at them all "Kill her" one of the solders yelled again. Cassandra rotated her staff and got ready If I die here....I am taking as many of them with me she thought to herself. The general suddenly arrived "Take her down, but leave her alive." The troops moved in to Cassandra and she ran towards them yelling a battle cry of courage.
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Pink text is cassandra
Red is the general
Green is allied solder
Orange enermy solder
Italics is thoughts
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